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• n  the act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others
• n  the act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner

• But the foremothers of American feminism would have been scandalized by the idea of drinking as a form of female self-assertion.
• Such vast self-assertion would be breathtaking were the phrases not delivered by a softspoken, low-keyed, ever smiling Southerner, who also says that he has been "twice born .
• Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront: Beaten up and beaten down, baffled Terry Malloy still yearns for redeeming love and heroic self-assertion.

News & Articles

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• College Tuition Clawback: Is There an Insurance Policy for That?
  NEW YORK ( MainStreet )—In the 1960s, dropping out of college was a rite of passage--an attempt at self-assertion, re-invention and, lest we forget, the chance to do your own thing. Bill Gates dropped out. So did Steve Jobs.
  Sept. 20, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Richard Eyre in guardian.co.uk
  Summing up, Mr Eyre said: "TV has lost a sense of self-esteem, even if it has plenty of arrogance and self-assertion. It has lost that 1960s mandarin view of art that took its responsibilities very seriously. I'm not saying we should turn back the...